#MonthOfCode day 29 - golf

day_29.py

from random import choice

mid_names = [ "" for i in xrange(7) ]
mid_names.extend( [ "Kindred", "Junior", "Senior", "Jack" ])
first_names = \
    [ "Tiger", "Mike", "Edgar", "Jean-Paul", "Sandra", "Clara", "Gary", "Philip", "Edwin" ]
last_names = [ "Woods", "Jackson", "Nelson", "Watson", "Palmer", "Hagen", "Nicklaus", "Haeger", "de LaMartre" ]

def printRandomName():
    mid = choice(mid_names)
    has_mid_n = ( len(mid)>0  )
    if( has_mid_n):
        print choice(first_names),mid,choice(last_names)
    else:
        print choice(first_names),choice(last_names)

print "* * * name generator for virtual GOLF players! * * *"

while True:
    printRandomName()
    valid_answer = False
    # the inner loop aims at validating the answer
    while(not valid_answer):
        print "generate another name? y/n"
        answer = raw_input()
        if( not ('y'==answer or 'n'==answer)):
            print "answer y or n, please."
            continue
        valid_answer=True

    if('n'==answer):
        break